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The Smart Thing Vs The Right Thing

What should one choose to do, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The other day, as I got into the aircraft on a flight from Delhi to Mumbai, realising that I was in......

What the world will worry about in 2019

'What matters is that India's perspective on global issues -- climate change, intellectual property, free trade, trade routes being kept free, digital technology -- are listened to with respect,'......

Srinivas Kuchibhotla would have been India's future

Had the slain Indian-American engineer stayed in India, he would have earned less but his life might have been spared, Sunanda K Datta-Ray says, pondering the question of where one belongs. IMAGE:......

Donald Trump: A dangerous mind

'India and Indian Americans cannot rely on wishful thinking about the checks and balances in the US system to magically take care of the many dangerous things that Trump could do,' says......

What Donald Trump is in love with

'Trump said the Republicans had 'moved too far toward the extreme right' and that he was capable of capturing more than the 'really staunch-right wacko vote' by reaching middle-of-the-road......

Why do parents chase this man?

The man sought after by parents when they want to admit their children to Ivy League colleges tells Anjuli Bhargava how a hobby became a source of livelihood. Viral Doshi is nothing like what I......

Take visual literacy seriously

Students’ flagging interest in the written word is because of a generational digital divide, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Teachers everywhere, be it at our IIMs or at our high schools or at......

'Pampered' IITians make a start in helping the poor

This is not the commonly-known 'creamy layer' hierarchy within India's Dalits, but the group long known as the face of India's 'brain-drain': the IITians. The Indian Institutes of Technology, 15......

IITians gush over Nohria's appointment as HBS dean

The sense of pride and utter joy by some high profile Indian American alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, that one of their own Nitin Nohria, had been appointed the new dean of......

Coming up: India-US Education Council

As part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's State visit to the United States on November 24, India and the US are planning to announce the convening of an India-US Education Council on the lines of......

The BEST OTT SHOWS of 2021

Once upon a time, we were so starved for entertainment that anything from documentaries on agriculture to hours of classical music was happily lapped up. But in the day and age of streaming,......

Why I am thankful to Hasan Minhaj

'You made me realise that it is great to be brown, even if we are currently living under Donald Trump's false definition of America.''In my 36 years in America there have been few instances where I......

PIX: When Shah Rukh Khan kept his date with Yale

Shah Rukh Khan, who became the first Bollywood personality to be honoured with the prestigious Chubb Fellowship at Yale University, delivered his lecture as a Fellow amidst cheering fans and......

Weekend Watch

Film: Chandni (Hindi)Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Sridevi, Vinod Khanna and Juhi Chawla (special appearance).Director: Yash ChopraPlot: Love blooms between business class guy (Kapoor) and working class girl......

Better Luck Tomorrow: a work in progress

This would be the dream of many independent producers: make a movie on a shoestring budget, wait till it makes news at a majorfestival, hope for a bit of controversyand sell it to a major company.......

Saurabh Netravalkar is destiny's child, says father

IMAGE: USA cricket team hero Saurabh Netravalkar celebrates with family members after the win against Pakistan on Thursday. Photograph: X Day job of a software engineer in Oracle, developed his......

10 BEST Sports Photos of the Week!

Sports fans around the world witnessed some eye-catching action in the last week of 2015. Tennis stars played with Koalas and cricketers codded their kids at the Melbourne Cricket Ground......

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